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Our new digital partners: Looking to Reach audiences other brands can’t? The Sky’s the limit!
Are you looking to create higher quality leads for your franchise recruitment? Or maybe generate more business for your franchisees? Of course you are – silly question, really! Who doesn’t want to grow their business? The only problem these days is that many of the...
How you can benefit from our surge in leads looking for the right franchise
First of all, an apology! After last month’s email about how we can help you with a free audit of your franchise recruitment strategy, we heard that a few of you had trouble scheduling a call with me. The gremlins got in, I’m afraid, but it’s all fixed now! So, if you...
Limited time opportunity to raise the profile of your franchise at the highest possible level
Are you just taking your first steps as an international franchise and want to lock down an effective recruitment strategy? Or are you an established international franchise who wants to make the contacts necessary to successfully enter new markets? If so, there’s one...
What links all your low performing franchisees, and what can you do about it?
Is everyone in your franchise doing as well as they should? Recently, I worked with a client to draw up a list of their top 10% of franchisees, and their bottom 10%. The differences between them shocked us both. It’s an exercise that can be well worth doing so you get...
Dread becoming a victim of the annual “Executive Exodus”? Finding the right candidates could be easier than you think!
Did you know that more than a third (36%) of UK Business Leaders, C-level Execs, and Board Directors were considering a change of role in 2024? (Source: LLH)I wonder if the same proportion of top level execs will be on the move in 2025?Could one of them be someone...
Budget woes halting growth plans? When the going get’s tough, the tough get franchising!
I’ve been having more and more conversations with business owners concerned about the upcoming budget changes, especially the increase to NI and minimum wage. Most are worried about the extra costs they will incur, and how it will affect their potential for growth –...
Are you sitting on an untapped gold mine for recruiting franchisees?
We recently recruited a new franchisee for one of our clients. There’s nothing unusual about that, of course, it’s something many of our consultants specialise in. However, this one was special. From first contact to the signing of her franchise agreement was an...
How you can benefit from our surge in leads looking for the right franchise
First of all, an apology! After last month’s email about how we can help you with a free audit of your franchise recruitment strategy, we heard that a few of you had trouble scheduling a call with me. The gremlins got in, I’m afraid, but it’s all fixed now! So, if you...
The next big thing from TFC: our new Franchise Storytelling service!
If you follow us on social media, you will have seen a big announcement in the last few days: the launch of our new Franchise Storytelling service! Great content is more important now than ever before. This new service is all about helping you to get your story out...
The top software solutions to help you get more out of your franchise in 2025
How are you getting on with Ziik and Social Places? We’re really pleased to see how many of you have been embracing everything this next-gen of franchise software can offer you, as well as all the stories you’ve been sharing about the difference they’ve made. These...
FPI Lisbon May 2025: the most important date to put in your calendar?
If you only take one step in your international franchising journey this year, make sure it’s this one! Whether you’re already deep into an international franchising strategy, or expanding your franchise into Europe is still a “one-day” on your business growth wish...
Are you prepared for sudden changes to your executive team?
It’s already nearly the end of January so I imagine you are already back up to speed after the break and already going great guns on your plans for 2025. You’ve laid out exactly what you need to do and have your team 100% on mission. You’ve got high hopes for...
Every journey into franchising starts with a single step – and this one is FREE!
Every business is different, and so are the steps it needs to become a franchise and grow successfully. Mapping out your journey in actionable steps is absolutely critical to any growth strategy, but that all relies on having the right information at your fingertips....
How’s your 2025 Franchisee Recruitment strategy going so far?
Well, here we are: nearly the end of January, already! It seems like only 5 minutes ago we were all talking about our plans for 2025, and the first month has already flown by. No doubt you’re busy putting your plans for recruiting more franchisees this year into...
Looking for a deeper insight into how well your franchise network really performs?
Perfecting how well your business runs is a job that never ends, isn’t it? The perfect systems are something you have to strive for constantly, not something you achieve overnight. It’s the same when you’re running a franchise, and becomes especially challenging the...
Why have just one expert when you can have a whole team?
You have heard quite a lot from me throughout 2024 on how I help businesses grow as a franchise, but really what we do at The Franchising Centre is so much more than what just any one specialist can offer. Depending on what you need, and when, there is a whole team of...
6 questions to ask when choosing the right consultant to support your franchise
From helping with underperforming franchisees, and exiting problem partners, through to improving your communications or training and support structures, bringing in an outside consultant can be a huge boon to your franchise. There’s no shortage of people you might go...
Business comms software is changing forever – will you embrace it or fall behind?
Last week we attended an event in Copenhagen which really showed us just how much the world of business comms is about to change. We don’t just mean how businesses communicate with customers, which is always shifting and changing, of course, but how businesses...
What do Ruth Brown, Home Instead, and Shirley Hughes from TFC have in common?
I feel deeply privileged to have been involved with so many great franchises over the years, helping them build their teams, and also helping talented people find the right roles where their skills can make them really shine. However, one of my proudest moments was...
Your 2025 growth strategy: ready for a new direction?
Do things slow down a bit for your business over the Christmas period, or is this one of your busiest times? A lot of the businesses I work with find December is the perfect time to look back over how their year has progressed and start laying plans for how they would...
